| Re: populating a list box problem [message #171102 is a reply to message #171099] |
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richard
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On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:25:27 -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 12/24/2010 2:09 PM, richard wrote:
>> rather than having a god awful long mess of "options" in the code, I would
>> like to populate the listbox by using php.
>>
>> One short code I found winds up with an error.
>>
>> Basically what I want is a simple array that holds a list of names.
>> A very long list. Over 500.
>> Actually, there will be 5 listboxes, with 100 to each box.
>>
>> The idea being, that when a name is clicked on, which resides in one
>> division, the corresponding information will show up beside it in another
>> division.
>>
>> Anyone have a site I can look at for help?
>> Googling just brings up tons of forums and sites that really don't discuss
>> what I need.
>>
>>
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> The populating of a listbox is pretty easy - just loop through the array
> and echo the appropriate data, i.e.
>
> foreach ($myArray as $myItem)
> echo "<option value='$myItem'>$myItem</option>\n";
>
> Of course, if you have a unique identifier for each item, that would go
> in the value field instead of the item itself - but it gets the point
> across.
>
> If you want to display something based on the selection, you'll need a
> client side language such as javascript; the best way to do it would be
> to use AJAX to fetch the data from the server. See comp.lang.javascript
> for more information on javascript and AJAX.
thanks jerry. your approach seems rather straightforward enough even for me
to understand. I hope.
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